Coolio 'involved in Barnsley club fracas'

Rapper Coolio was involved in a nightclub fracas after performing at Escapade in Barnsley last week.

The Celebrity Big Brother contestant was hit by plastic bottles and ice cubes during his gig, which prompted the singer to confront members of the audience.

A witness told The Sun: "Coolio was halfway through singing his second song when someone started shouting abuse at him in the crowd and threw something. Something else was said and then Coolio made a signal to cut the music and told one of the drunken blokes he would see him later.

"Then something was thrown and he launched himself into the crowd. Coolio started grappling with the reveller. The bouncers dragged Coolio away. I think one of his backing singers threw a plastic bottle at the crowd and then some drunken lads got really angry and started hurling missiles back.

"It was mayhem for a while. There were bottles flying everywhere and all the contents of the bottles were spilling out all over the place. Everyone was screaming. It was disgusting."

Coolio's spokesperson commented: "He was well received but there was a small group of drunken lads that decided to start chucking things like ice cubes and bottles.

"He warned them he would stop if it continued - but they carried on and he decided to confront them. Security staff then moved in to sort it out and the trouble-makers were ejected."